Since Radio London's discerning web-viewers are likely to be interested
in more than just a list of other offshore radio sites, we have put together
a collection of significant sites, relevant to the incredible story of radio,
media, music and more. As many sites as possible have been included on this
Links page. As of January 2004 the Webmasters decided they could
no longer add new links to this page, but links to other sites will often be added to another part of the Radio London site – most frequently in the Fab Forties or 'What's Happening'.
(Click
on an icon or link below to go to a site)
Congratulations to Steve on the hard work he has put into this mega-project.
It's fascinating to discover what records people were enjoying in 'the
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When Canadian radio personality and bilingual voice talent Marc Denis who wrote from Québec to tell us about his fascinating site The 98 CKGM Super 70s Tribute Page, he did not know he would spark off other fascinating memories. Radio London fan, Keith Milborrow, wrote about how he was in Montréal for the World's Fair in August 1967. Keith's full story is in Mini-memories, while Marc's own story of his broadcasting hero Roger Scott, is in Otherwaves. |
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The many fans of the late Roger Scott will be delighted to hear about our friend Marc Denis' website tribute to Montreal's 1470 CFOX. There are a couple of album sleeves for compilations in a series called '1470 CFOX Good Guys Gold' featuring photos of all the jocks of the time, including Roger, and Marc says he has much more great memorabilia on the way. Marc explains:
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Bob Mitchell runs the tribute site to WOLF 1490 in Syracuse, New York. Listeners to WOLF in its heyday were as loyal as Radio London's "At only 1000/250 watts it beat stations 20 times its size." Bob's fascinating collection of photos, memorabilia and airchecks from the 1950s to early 80s, ensures that the much-loved station will never be forgotten. Of course WOLF also has an offshore radio connection. One of the DJs was Howie Castle, who borrowed the name Bud Ballou from a former WOLF jock when he broadcast on Radio Caroline in 1967/8. |
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The Wireless Waffle website is where "The site visitor is reminded briefly how offshore radio had such an impact in the sixties". Great Radio Stations Past and Present, are naturally featured and the Waffler has some wonderful Big L memories and reminiscences of Kenny and Cash. | ||||
The Dutch Download Group is a club site where offshore radio tapes are uploaded for members to share. The members pay Fl 10,00 (for a year) for the web space and data transfer. |
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The Northern Star International Broadcasters AS website has information about the new station, the company, the history of the project, and the team involved. | ||||
Anfrando
Maiola 'The real Koto' has an Italian music site which at first appearances
might seem to be solely about current disco, but it does contain some surprises. For instance, there's a feature, a photo and audio of a star of Big L '97 and 2001 our good friend Tony Currie! As usual, Tony is shown with his impressive twelve-incher in his hand. |
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Alan
Field recommends Steve's Radio and Railroads website. He says: "You can hear other stations' versions of the PAMS jingles that the pirates commissioned for themselves, the full versions of other stations' jingles that the pirates "pirated" and edited for general use, and a lot of other PAMS jingles that were never aired over here but are in a similar style and very interesting to hear. The site includes a tribute to WQAM in Miami Florida, with further examples of some familiar-sounding jingles that PAMS made for them. |
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Roy
and John Grayson's site dedicated to Fab Forty artists The Peddlers, who appeared in the BIg L chart several times. "We are discovering that it is possible to bridge the gap between strict pop, uncompromising jazz and what some people call quality pop music. We end up with a sort of pop-art-jazz, which we hope appeals at all levels. We try and steer clear of preaching or attempting to convert an audience to one type of music." Sounds good! The band's residency at London's Pickwick Club attracted such impressive clientele as the Rolling Stones, Annie Ross and Richard Harris. The Peddlers were the first British pop group to have a six-week season in Las Vegas. In February '67, Chuck Blair, sitting in for Ed Stewart at 3 pm, introduced
a new theme tune to his show, Gassin', the
B-side of Peddlers' single I've Got To Hold On.
In May of the same year, The Peddlers were to be found playing on the
Radio London stand at Biggin Hill Air Display. The singleWhat'll I
Do was Ed Stewart's Big L's Fab Forty climber of 26th March '67 and
peaked at number 5 in the Fab of 23rd April '67. In 2004, Alf West launched a website for Roy Phillips, who now lives in New Zealand. |
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It
goes without saying that our viewers love Sixties radio, but those of
you who also enjoy the TV, films and magazines of the era, will love browsing
through Clint's Sixties City. Fans of Caroline Munro will be delighted
to hear that she has a section all to herself as do the two gorgeous Men
From U.N.C.L.E. Take me to the nearest dry cleaner! |
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Robin's
museum is a far cry from the dusty places where luckless schoolchildren
were taken to in the Sixties to be bored to death. In the virtual glass
cases, you'll find "Offshore and world-wide commercial radio with pictures,
history, audio and a radio museum. We have 2 online stations - Golden Radio International, which features weekly shows from personality DJs playing the best in copyright-free Indie, Pop and Rock from new unsigned artistes with their own original material. The other station, Overdrive 192, has a weekly Rock Show with mainly Progressive and Alternative Rock, again from new unsigned artistes." |
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Hans Knot has his own website, where you can read current and archive editions of his famous International Newsletter. Hans also has a wonderful collection of photographs and soundbites on his Soundscapes site www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes |
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Chris Edwards from Offshore Echoes magazine has a fascinating section devoted to Offshore Theme Tunes. www.offshoreechos.com/offshorethemes | ||||
www.keithskues.co.uk is the domain of the one-and-only Cardboard Shoes. | ||||
A tribute site to the late Mike Raven, Programme Controller of Radio 390 and R & B pioneer can be found at www.bodminmoor.co.uk/churtonfairman | ||||
Howard Peters has an excellent site paying tribute to Cuddly Ken. It also contains several soundbites of the master of the tape and razor blade. Howard also has another site, freeradio.co.ukradio, covering some of the many land-based pirates, with numerous soundbites and jingles. | ||||
Norman Barrington's collection of jingles is incredible. He takes requests, and you must check out the MP3 tracks. They're so good, a DJ friend plays one of them on-air! Norman has a lot more radio stuff on the site too. | ||||
Caroline's Graham L Hall is a DJ, compére, broadcaster and a presenter. Busy man! The Spirit 2 site contains some great pix of the Radio Caroline's former studios in Maidstone and the Ross Revenge, which he calls 'Big Red Magnet'. |
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Congratulations to the BBC-approved Pirate Radio Hall of Fame, which achieved the honour of becoming Radio 2 Website of the Week. In 2007, the site received even greater acclaim when it was awarded the 'Radi' award for Offshore Radio Writers and Historians, at the Dutch Radio Day. Thanks to Webmaster Jonathan's hard work, there are not many remaining Sixties offshore DJs still awaiting their place in the Hall, and their entries are accompanied by a huge collection of memorable audio clips. Chris and Mary have to admit to being somewhat biased about the brilliance of this site, having assisted with its birth. Jonathan is a Certified Anorak (we know we certified him!) who really knows his stuff. A great deal of work has gone into the site's construction, and attention to detail includes such gems as the theme tunes used by each DJ. A treasure chest of pirate booty, which is now covering the Seventies as well as the Sixties. | ||||
The definitive purveyor of jingles and IDs for radio stations, probably the world over. The majority of offshore stations had PAMS jingles in their collection, not always from legitimate sources! There are lots of jingles soundbites available on the site see how many you can sing along with. You'll be surprised how many you already know! There is also a full history of PAMS. | ||||
Allan M. Sniffen has a site dedicated to the original New York station, WABC at www.musicradio77.com. It was one of the biggest and best-known US stations in the 60s and beyond, with possibly some of the most famous jingle packages, produced by PAMS, naturally. The site contains lists of WABC jingles, plenty of downloadable sound files of programme clips, and much more. Sadly, in 1982 WABC became yet another talk station. | ||||
Searching for a particular American DJ? 440 International may have the answer. Their alphabetical lists detail the careers of a vast number of US jocks. | ||||
Where US DJs were and where they are now. (Look up Howie Castle...) | ||||
Hilarious moments in radio, captured for posterity. Utterly brilliant! | ||||
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